Ironing-board.



PATENTEZD MAY 19, 1903.

. A. 0. SGHATZ.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION I'ILED JAN. 19, 1903.

NO MODEL.

UNITED v STATES Patented May 19, 1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,306, dated May 19,1903. Application filed January 19, 1903. Serial No. 139,532. (Nomodel.)

T0 or whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO C. SOHATZ,a citizen of the United States,residing. at Wheaton, in the county of Dupage and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Ironing-Boards, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates more particularly to ironing-boards for ironingpuif sleeves, and has for its primary object to provide an improved andpeculiar form of two-part ironing-board especially adapted for ironingthe gathering in the putt of the sleeve and capahle of being readilyinserted thereinto.

With these ends in View myinvention consists in certain features'ofnovelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts bywhich the said object and certain other objects hereinafter appearingare attained, all as fully described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and more particularly pointed out in the'claim.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedironing-board. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end View; andFig. at is a detail plan view of the end of the board, showing the headdetached and also illustrating amodification in the form of the head.

In carrying my invention into effect I prefer to support theironing-board proper upon a portable stand, which may be in turnsupported upon a table, a chairfor any other suitable support andsuitably clamped theretoor not, as desired. This stand preferablyconsists of a base 1, which may be of any convenient or suitable lengthor width, and a pair of standards 2 3, secured thereto and risingtherefrom at points nearthe ends of the base and in a line passingsubstantially through the center thereof. These standards 2 3 are :shownas braced by corner-brackets 4 5.

The standard 3 in its inner side and near its upper end is provided witha socket 6, which receives one end of the ironing-board proper, 7, andsupports the same, while the other standard 2 is provided on its upperend with a pin or post 8, which entersa perforation or socket 9 in theboard 7, and thus holds the boardagainst longitudinal movement, whilethe socket 6 holds one end against vertical movement. The board 7 is inthe form of a narrow strip adapted to be inserted through an ordinarysleeve,-and its main function is the support of ahead l0, which isdetachably secured to one end of the board 7,where it projectsconsiderably beyond the standard 2. As a convenient and efficient meansfor effoctingthis detachable connection between Fig. 2, and it projectslaterally a considerable I distance in both directions beyond the board7 These lateral projections have beveled or tapering shoulders IOeXtending inwardly to a narrow neck portion 10, inwhich the sockets 12are formed, and which neck portion constitutes a continuation of theboard 7, it'v being of substantially the same width. In the form shownin Fig. 2 the outer ends of the said lateral projections are squared01f, so as to form two points 10 10 on each.

13 is a reinforcing-strap secured over the upper end of standard 3 forreinforcing the socketti therein.

In the use of the device the head 10 is first detached from the board 7,which, iuefiect, constitutes a stock or support for the head. The boardis then inserted through the sleeve with the dowels 11 contiguous to thepufi, the opposite end of the board, which is shown in dotted lines inFig. 2 as slightly rounded, being inserted foremost. introduced in thepod of the sleeve through the body portion of the garment and secured onthe dowels 11. The board, with the head attached, is then replaced onthe standards 2 3, as shown in Figs: 1 and 2, holding the pad elevatedon the head 10 and at the outer side of the standard 2'with the curvedseam which connects the sleeve and the armhole substantially parallelwith the curved outer end or edge of the head 10. By aproper adjustmentand manipulation of the puff on the head,-bringing the corners 10 10into the creases produced by the gathering, the

The head 10 is then.

puff may be readily ironed without creasing it, the bevel or inclinedshoulders 10 being utilized for fitting those folds of the puff producedby the gathering in the lower part of the puii' or part which joins thepuff to the sleeve'proper.

In the form of head illustrated in Fig. 4 the shoulders 1O are dispensedwith, and the outer curved edge of the head is carried inwardly until itadjoins the shoulder 10. This form of head is better adapted for ironingpuffs of childrens sleeves or .very small puffs inwhich the foldsproduced by the gathering are too acute in their angularity to admit ofthe more obtuse shoulders 10 10 characteristic of the head shown in Fig.2.

A further advantage in making the heads detachable from their stocks orboards 7 is that the same stock or board may be utilized ALONZO C.SOI-IATZ.

Witnesses:

F. A. HOPKINS, M. B. ALLSTADT.

